Name: Solitude by Billie Holiday
Brand: Billie Holiday
SKU: 602577175947
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

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Billie Holiday's first recordings for Norman Granz' Clef Records present a vocalist truly at the top of her craft, although she would begin a rapid decline soon thereafter. This 1952 recording (originally issued as a 10" LP, Billie Holiday Sings) places Holiday in front of small piano and tenor saxophone-led groups including jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Charlie Shavers, where her gentle phrasing sets the tone for the sessions, evoking lazy evenings and dreamy afternoons. The alcoholism and heroin use that would be her downfall by the end of this decade seems to be almost unfathomable during these recordings since Holiday is in as fine a voice as her work in the '30s, and the musical environment seems ideal for these slow torch songs. Solitude runs as the common theme throughout these 16 tracks; the idle breathiness of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" finds the vocalist casually reminiscing, and Barney Kessel's warm guitar lines frame the title track beautifully. Several of Holiday's best-known recordings came from this session, including outstanding versions of "I Only Have Eyes for You" and a darkly emotional "Love for Sale," making this album far and away the best work of her later years, and certainly a noteworthy moment of her entire career.
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1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Barney Kessel
Alvin Stoller
Charlie Shavers
Flip Phillips
Oscar Peterson
Ray Brown; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Brooks Bowman; Composer
Lyricist: Brooks Bowman; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Brooks Bowman; Other

2. Blue Moon

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Charlie Shavers
Oscar Peterson
Alvin Stoller
Ray Brown
Barney Kessel
Flip Phillips; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Author: Lorenz Hart; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

3. You Go To My Head

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: J. Fred Coots
Dizzy Gillespie; Composer
Lyricist: Dizzy Gillespie
J. Fred Coots; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: J. Fred Coots
Dizzy Gillespie; Other

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Charlie Shavers
Oscar Peterson
Alvin Stoller
Ray Brown
Barney Kessel
Flip Phillips; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Louis Alter; Composer
Author: Sidney D. Mitchell; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

5. Easy To Love

by Billie Holiday

Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Barney Kessel
Alvin Stoller
Charlie Shavers
Flip Phillips
Oscar Peterson
Ray Brown; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Cole Porter; Other

6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Barney Kessel
Alvin Stoller
Charlie Shavers
Ray Brown
Flip Phillips
Oscar Peterson; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Harry Link
Jack Strachey; Composer
Author: Holt Marvell; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

7. I Only Have Eyes For You

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Al Dubin
Harry Warren; Composer
Lyricist: Harry Warren
Al Dubin; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Al Dubin
Harry Warren; Other

8. Solitude

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Charlie Shavers
Oscar Peterson
Alvin Stoller
Ray Brown
Barney Kessel
Flip Phillips; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Duke Ellington; Composer
Author: Eddie Delange
Irving Mills; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

9. Everything I Have Is Yours

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Harold Adamson
Burton Lane; Composer
Lyricist: Burton Lane
Harold Adamson; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Harold Adamson
Burton Lane; Other

10. Love For Sale

by Billie Holiday

Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Barney Kessel
Alvin Stoller
Charlie Shavers
Flip Phillips
Oscar Peterson
Ray Brown; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Cole Porter; Other

11. Moonglow

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Will Hudson
Eddie Delange
Irving Mills; Composer
Lyricist: Eddie Delange
Irving Mills
Will Hudson; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Irving Mills
Will Hudson
Eddie Delange; Other

12. Tenderly

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Jack Lawrence
Walter Gross; Composer
Lyricist: Walter Gross
Jack Lawrence; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jack Lawrence
Walter Gross; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

38 minutes and 19 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

10/12 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Vocal Jazz, Jazz

Label

Clef Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1951

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

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UPC

602577175947

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Solitude

1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)

2. Blue Moon

3. You Go To My Head

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

5. Easy To Love

6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

7. I Only Have Eyes For You

8. Solitude

9. Everything I Have Is Yours

10. Love For Sale

11. Moonglow

12. Tenderly

Technical Specifications

Solitude

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1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)

2. Blue Moon

3. You Go To My Head

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

5. Easy To Love

6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

7. I Only Have Eyes For You

8. Solitude

9. Everything I Have Is Yours

10. Love For Sale

11. Moonglow

12. Tenderly

Technical Specifications